Rosy brown

#d8a9a2

Hex, rgb, cmyk and Pantone values for rosy brown, with shades, tints, matching colors and free print quality patterns.

Rosy brown lands in the red band, light and soft. Light reds like this land in beauty, food and lifestyle branding. It pairs naturally with muted greens across the wheel and with off white for breathing room.

Rosy brown color values

Every conversion for #d8a9a2, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#d8a9a2
RGB216, 169, 162
HSL8, 41%, 74%
HSV8, 25%, 85%
CMYK0%, 22%, 25%, 15%
Lab73.27, 16.19, 10.21
XYZ49.03, 45.58, 40.4
Decimal14199202
Web safe#cc9999
Pantone5015 C
Pantone5015 CHex#d8a9a2Rgb216 169 162Cmyk0 22 25 15Lab73 16 10Darker#a65245Deep#c37a70Lighter#ecd8d6

Shades of rosy brown

Tints of rosy brown

Colors that go with rosy brown

Rosy brown in print

The cmyk build is well inside gamut, so what you see on screen is close to what prints. The cmyk build is 0, 22, 25, 15.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #d8a9a2 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C
0 22 25 15
Ink sits on the surface, so colors stay bright and close to screen.
Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U
4 24 27 21
The stock absorbs ink and gains dot, so it needs a heavier build and reads a touch softer.

This color converts to cmyk comfortably and should hold on press.

See how it converts in the rgb to cmyk converter, or readrgb vs cmyk for print andwhat the k in cmyk means.

Rosy brown in css

Copy #d8a9a2 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #d8a9a2; }
.text { color: #d8a9a2; }
.border { border: 2px solid #d8a9a2; }

How rosy brown looks on light and dark

Rosy brown and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #d8a9a2 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Textwhite text on this color
2.08:1
AAfail · AA largefail · AAAfail
Textblack text on this color
10.12:1
AApass · AA largepass · AAApass

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #d8a9a2 against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through ourcontrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Rosy brown on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #d8a9a2 sits on real print products. Start any of these in the maker.

Your nameFounderhello@brand.comBusiness card
Sticker
Repeat pattern

Building a full palette around rosy brown? Pull matching colors from any photo with thecolor palette generator, or check a design for print with thergb to cmyk converter.

Turn rosy brown into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #d8a9a2 and its shades, free at print quality. Click any one to keep editing in the pattern maker.

Make posters, wallpaper and packaging art from rosy brown, free and print ready.

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How we calculate these values

The figures for #d8a9a2 come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. The uncoated cmyk build carries more ink than the coated one, which is what a printer would compensate for when the same color runs on a rougher stock. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.